Free and Antiracist Minds is working on a way that the FCPS School Board could declare, via a board resolution (below), its support for educators and school-based administrators who are feeling afraid as they try to implement antiracist and culturally responsive teaching as part of our Teach Truth Campaign. Please see the Resolution text below and how to add your name in support!
Teach Truth FCPS: Resolution of Support for Educators and School-Based Administrators
Whereas, Fairfax County Public Schools and the community they serve are committed to provide an academically rigorous education that promotes a responsive, caring, and inclusive culture where all feel valued, supported, and hopeful;
Whereas, essential to that inclusive classroom culture is an education that is academically rigorous, positions students to be the leaders of their own learning, reflects all voices, and respects the need and desire of our students to know the truth about historic and systemic injustice;
Whereas, FCPS educators and school-based administrators staff are developing curricular resources to meet our students’ needs and the high expectations of our community around our historic truths, representative literature, critical thinking, and social justice;
Whereas, recent events have caused many FCPS educators and school-based administrators to fear that implementing these necessary curricular improvements might lead to personal or professional harm; and
Whereas, in the Teacher and Administrator Performance evaluation protocol, the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) requires teachers and administrators to demonstrate a commitment to equity and provide instruction and classroom strategies that result in culturally inclusive and responsive learning environments and academic achievement for all students;
Whereas, it is the role of the Board and the Superintendent to support educators in carrying out the clear and important educational expectations of the VDOE and Fairfax County community that our students are critical thinkers and effective collaborators who acknowledge and understand diverse perspectives and cultures, essential goals of the FCPS Portrait of a Graduate;
Now, therefore, be it resolved the FCPS School Board commits to protect and support educators and school-based administrators in FCPS as they develop and implement antiracist, equity- and justice- based classroom resources and pedagogy that meet the high aspirations of each and every one of our students and of the Fairfax County community.
Whereas, Fairfax County Public Schools and the community they serve are committed to provide an academically rigorous education that promotes a responsive, caring, and inclusive culture where all feel valued, supported, and hopeful;
Whereas, essential to that inclusive classroom culture is an education that is academically rigorous, positions students to be the leaders of their own learning, reflects all voices, and respects the need and desire of our students to know the truth about historic and systemic injustice;
Whereas, FCPS educators and school-based administrators staff are developing curricular resources to meet our students’ needs and the high expectations of our community around our historic truths, representative literature, critical thinking, and social justice;
Whereas, recent events have caused many FCPS educators and school-based administrators to fear that implementing these necessary curricular improvements might lead to personal or professional harm; and
Whereas, in the Teacher and Administrator Performance evaluation protocol, the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) requires teachers and administrators to demonstrate a commitment to equity and provide instruction and classroom strategies that result in culturally inclusive and responsive learning environments and academic achievement for all students;
Whereas, it is the role of the Board and the Superintendent to support educators in carrying out the clear and important educational expectations of the VDOE and Fairfax County community that our students are critical thinkers and effective collaborators who acknowledge and understand diverse perspectives and cultures, essential goals of the FCPS Portrait of a Graduate;
Now, therefore, be it resolved the FCPS School Board commits to protect and support educators and school-based administrators in FCPS as they develop and implement antiracist, equity- and justice- based classroom resources and pedagogy that meet the high aspirations of each and every one of our students and of the Fairfax County community.
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Supporting Organizations
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Supporting Individuals
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Fairfax Country Federation of Teachers
4 Public Ed Stand and Deliver FEA FCCPTA MSAOC SEPTA |
Shahana Islam - Alumni & Future FCPS Parent
Kweli Zukeri - Alumni & FCPS Parent Corey Haynes - Alumni, Parent, Former FCPS Teacher Daphne Bo - Alumni & Former FCPS Teacher Traci McGillicuddy - FCPS Parent Steven McCullough - FCPS Parent Pat Hynes - Teacher & Former School Board Member Jocelyn McCullough - Community Member Aaryan Rawal - Alumnus Dr. Christine Mason - Educator Tu Phillips - Community Member Luz Salama - Community Member Willow Woycke - Parent Katie Aloisi - Community Member Sharon Lukom - Community Member Elizabeth Aloisi - Parent Melanie Khoury - Parent & Alumnus Erin Abdelrazaq - Alumnus & Community Member Marwa Moaz - Parent Lamise Abdul-Rahman - Community Member Anika Ahmed - Alumnus Imane Elyounsi Sagou - Parent Yesmin Rahman - Parent Alex Payne - Community Member Sajeda Muhebbullah - Parent Shamsul Haque - Alumnus Cayce Utley - Parent Maren Astell - Community Member Hadil Alyamani - Alumnus Asmaa Ibrahim - Alumnus Marium Imran - Community Member Helen - Parent |